Place names
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千嶋
Identification pending · 0 supported · 0 tentative · 1 unresolved occurrences
The passage and name interpretation are recorded here. A place identification has not yet been established.
Recorded names
千嶋
千島（ちしま）。北海道の東方からカムチャツカ方面へ連なる島々を指す歴史的な広域呼称。『北海随筆』では霧多布の先の島々を述べ、島の数や範囲について当時の情報を伝える。
名称の言語的由来は未確認。
Attestations (1)
- 北海随筆 · University of Tsukuba Library · 21:15
商船通路の限りなり猟虎も此所にて交易するなり此辺嶋多し所謂蝦夷の千嶋歟大洋へかけては何程嶋数あるといふ事を知らす松前へ知れたる嶋数三十七いつれも大嶋なりすくれて大な
「千嶋」